Too many familial ties between White House, media | Letter

It wasn't too many years ago that the media were like a bulldog on a mailman's leg when it came to dirty politics. The Nixon era is a perfect example. The media's modus operandi should be fair and unbiased reporting on politics and daily events. Then again during the Nixon era there weren't people in the White House sleeping with people in the media. Today is a little different considering the marriages woven between the powerful mainstream media outlets and the White House.

Consider this: ABC News executive producer Ian Cameron is married to Susan Rice, national security adviser. CBS President David Rhodes is the brother of Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser for strategic communications. CNN President Virginia Moseley is married to former Tom Nides, Hillary Clinton's former deputy secretary. ABC President Ben Sherwood is the brother of Obama adviser Elizabeth Sherwood. ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman is married to former Whitehouse Press Secretary Jay Carney. ABC News and Univision reporter Matthew Jaffe is married to Katie Hogan, Obama's deputy press secretary. ABC President Ben Sherwood is the brother of Obama's Special Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood.

Do you think the aforementioned had anything to do with the very limited reporting of Hillary Clinton's email scandal? Or Benghazi? Or Fast and Furious? Or the IRS attack on conservative nonprofit applications?

There's an old West Virginia saying: You can't get the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek! Love those West Virginians. Maybe we can do just that in November.